Metro News Release

For immediate release: October 3, 2003

Metro to hold hearings on possibility of Metrobus service reductions

Two public hearings will be held this month in Maryland to receive public input into the possibility of discontinuing six Metrobus lines.The routes being considered for elimination include 14A, 14B, 14C, 14D, Bethesda/Lake Forest/Tysons Corner; B11, Bethesda Reverse Commute; C18, Waldorf-Branch Avenue; G1, Greenbelt Station Parking Lot Shuttle; N7, Montgomery Mall-Federal Triangle Express; and N11, N13, Branch Avenue-King Street.The State of Maryland is proposing to eliminate these bus routes due to low ridership relative to their operating costs.Public hearings will be held on Tuesday, October 21, at 7 p.m. at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and on Wednesday, October 22, at 7 p.m. at Oxon Hill Middle School.

News release issued on October 3, 2003.